Random music news for Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean the music news stops. Here’s what we know is happening for December 25, 2018
- Bono and The Edge went busking with Christmas songs on the streets of Dublin to raise money for a homeless charity.
- Need a Christmas playlist for today? This one lasts for a week.
- Cornish caroling.
- And here’s more on offensive Christmas
carole s . - Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming vs. this time last year: Total album sales, -23.1%; digital albums, -19.9%; physical albums, -24.8%; CDs, -28.5%; digital tracks, -23.3%; vinyl LPs, +21.6%; streams, +39.9% (1.329 billion streams last week.0
- Axl Rose will NOT be happy with this local news story. Understandable.
- Cardi B to the NFL: “No.”
- And Cardi B to those
rumours about a $1 million payment: “No.” - Ex-KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has come out as a Trump supporter. “Support him or move to another country!”
- Got a smart speaker for Christmas? Sweet! Has it started to spy on you yet?
- Even Rush didn’t know what Rush was singing about sometimes.